The Zander Report

From 8/10 MSN Money...
Here's a close look at 10 ideas that found commercial success - created by innovators and entrepreneurs who defied the cynics and fulfilled needs we didn't know we had
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From 8/2010 CIO.com...
CIO.com announces it's 23rd Annual CIO 100 Awards.  This year's winners build new revenue streams, engage customers and speed decision making to create lasting value.  They come from industries as diverse as agriculture, healthcare and professional sports.
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From 8/2/10 Businessweek...
The skills needed to work on large mainframe computers are increasingly in short supply as more of the baby boomers who grew up with them retire -- posing a problem for IBM and its customers.  The demographics are inescapable. If this isn't addressed, it will be trouble for the platform.
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From 8/1/10 San Jose Mercury News...
A new report by Nielsen Online concludes that nearly a third of Americans' online time is spent on social networks and games that they host.  The study, covering 200,000 Internet users for the year ending in June, found that social network use grew by 43 percent, while time spent on portal sites, e-mail and instant messaging declined.
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From CareerBuilder...
Why do some people seem to reach the top of the corporate ladder easily, while others remain stuck on the middle-management rung?  You might it's all about brains, talent and powerful people in their corner.  But there is something else that is just as important:  attitude.
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From 6/21/10 Computerworld...
Read about the top 100 IT workplaces that combine choice benefits with hot technologies and on-target training.  Computerworld's 16th annual report highlights those employers firing on all cylinders
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From 6/16/10 CNN...
As companies use cloud computing to store video games, more & more games will be played on portable devices like the iPad...  resulting in "cloud gaming" becoming a "console killer."
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From 6/9/10 CIO.com...
CIO's need to be ready to answer these questions designed to gauge their strategic orientation.  They may be posed by CEO's to elicit a CIO's knowledge of business strategy, customers and their current industry.

From 6/4/10 WSJ...
In his new book, "The Shallows", Nicholas Carr says "when we go online, we enter an environment that promotes cursory reading, hurried and distracted thinking, and superficial learning."  Is the Internet turning us, and our kids, into fast-twitch airheads incapable of profound cogitation?  Find out more in this book review.
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From 6/1/10 CNNMoney...
Jobs may be coming back, but they aren't the same ones workers were used to.  Many of the jobs are temporary or contract positions, rather than traditional full-time jobs with benefits.  In 2005 the government estimated that 31% of U.S. workers were already so-called contingent workers.  Experts say that number could increase to 40% or more in the next 10 years.
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